Building a workers' republic: Charles A. Beard's critique of liberalism in the 1930s.

From: Polity | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Barrow, Clyde W. | Copyright information

Charles A. Beard developed a plan for a 'workers' republic' in the 1930s that went much further than welfare liberalism and New Deal economic policy. However, it is important to be aware that he was not a pioneer of mainstream liberalism in the post-New Deal era in the US. To the extent that he expresses a 'socialist' vision for the future, it is a uniquely hybrid socialism that brings republicanism into the economic realm through taking a new approach to property rights. His economic and con...

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